The Arlington/Lake Preston Badgers scored early and often on their way to a 54-26 win over the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals on Friday, August 18th, in Lake Preston. It was the first football game of 2017 season for both schools.
The Badgers scored on the third play of the game when Devon Heuer connected with Allen Strande for a 51-yard touchdown pass. Arlington/Lake Preston scored on their next two possessions in the first quarter. Heuer had a one-yard touchdown run and a 29-yard touchdown pass to Will Perry. The Cardinals got the offense going in their third drive of the game. Payton Park scored on a five-yard touchdown run to put St Mary on the board with :22 to go in the first quarter. The Badgers scored two more times in the second quarter on a 40-yard touchdown run by Heuer and a 29-yard touchdown run by Gavin Holland. Arlington/Lake Preston led 34-8 at halftime.
The Badgers also scored first in the third quarter. With 8:42 to go in the third quarter, Heuer connected with Byron Bumann on a 70-yard pass for the score. St Mary scored with 3:53 to go in the quarter on a 13-yard touchdown pass from Luke Brown to Ethan Geraets. Arlington/Lake Preston would add another score with 2:58 to go in the third quarter on a 45-yard run by Holland. The Cardinals scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Brown threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Weston Geraets with 7:15 to go in the game. Austin Greene-LeBrun also had a touchdown run late in the game.
St Mary will be on the road again for their next game on Friday, August 25th. The Cardinals will travel to Estelline for a 7:00 p.m. kickoff. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.
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